About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
1093
The type of the plane.
B-17F
The plane ID.
42-30111
The name of the plane.
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
32nd Bomb Squadron
The date of the bomber's crash.
1943-11-02
The reason for the bomber's crash.
Jäger
The place the bomber targeted.
Wiener Neustadt
The place where the bomber crashed.
Gleisdorf
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
Wr. Neustadt
The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
13:15
Time of the crash.
Comments.

Map of related places

The Crew

Name Rank Function Destiny
Brown, Bernard N. 2nd Lt Navigator DED
Davis, Edward O. Sgt Gunner 5 KIA
Dessart, Walter K. S/Sgt Gunner 3 KIA
Gibson, John N. 1st Lt Pilot KIA
Green, Robert L. F/O Co-Pilot DED
Helm, Thomas J. S/Sgt Gunner 2 DED
Kirsch, Roy H. 2nd Lt Bombardier KIA
Massone, Anthony J. Sgt Gunner 4 DED
Pugh, Clark J. T/Sgt Gunner 1 KIA
Stewart, William T. Sgt Gunner 6 DED

How to cite

DAACDA – Downed Allied Air Crew Database Austria, edited by Nicole-Melanie Goll, Georg Hoffmann and Peter Andorfer, Vienna 2025 (https://daacda.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/a-00009.html)